Book excerpt: Excerpt from Forty-Second Annual Report of the Superintendent of Insurance of the State of Kansas, for the Year Ending December 31, 1911: Contains Detailed Statements of Mutual and Stock Fire Companies of Kansas, and Fire and Fire-and-Marine Companies of Other States and Countries I believe that fully one-half Of the fire waste may be placed at the door Of the careless. Carelessness in handling the match, faulty construction and equipment, the careless smoker, carelessness in permitting rubbish to accumulate upon the premises. In France and Germany carelessness upon the part Of the people Of the character stated above is made a crime against the state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.